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  1. Library Resource
    Regulations
    Cuba, Americas, Caribbean

    La presente Resolución, que consta de 11 párrafos, faculta a los directores de empresas agropecuarias y forestales del Ministerio de Agricultura y directores de los complejos agroindustriales del Ministerio del Azúcar, a fin de que autoricen para autoconsumo familiar los préstamos de tierra rústica estatal ociosa en carácter de usufructo gratuito a jubilados o personas que por causas plenamente justificadas no puedan trabajar sistemáticamente en la agricultura (par. 1º).

  2. Library Resource
    Regulations
    Bolivia, Americas, South America

    El presente Decreto Supremo tiene por objeto implementar mecanismos de resguardo de las áreas productivas a fin de garantizar la seguridad alimentaria con soberanía. En este marco se definen las siguientes categorías de áreas: a) áreas productivas agropecuarias urbanas, que son espacios de uso agropecuario, piscícola o agroforestal de extensiones influenciables o colindantes con urbanizaciones; b) áreas rurales de vocación productiva, cuyas características, tengan continuidad superficial y preponderancia para la seguridad alimentaria.

  3. Library Resource
    National Policies
    Nicaragua, Central America, Americas

    El presente documento establece a nivel nacional el plan de desarrollo humano, que contempla líneas de acción y medidas para erradicar la pobreza, garantizar el respeto de los derechos de las personas a satisfacer sus necesidades básicas (alimento, vivienda, salud, educación y seguridad) y conseguir una vida digna para todos los nicaragüenses. El Plan es de carácter intersectorial y abarca el período comprendido entre el 2012 y el 2016.

  4. Library Resource
    Secure Urban Tenure Theme Emerges at Three Events cover image
    Policy Papers & Briefs
    April, 2014
    Colombia

    By Anthony Piaskowy, Communication and Urban Specialist for USAID's Land Tenure and Property Rights Division.

  5. Library Resource
    Panama

    The Land Administration Project aims to a) ensure equitable access to land and improve land tenure security by providing land administration services in selected rural, peri-urban, and urban areas; and b) enhance natural resources conservation through the consolidation of the National System of Projected Areas and indigenous peoples territories.

  6. Library Resource
    Brazil

    There is enough land in the Amazon region to satisfy Brazilian society's demands for economic development, environmental management of a resource base of global importance and the challenges of agrarian reform. Yet Brazil has been unable to create a fully coherent and manageable land policy and administration system for the region which permits sustainable development goals to be achieved while reconciling special interests and uses. Instead, resource waste, private appropriation of the public domain and social conflict characterize land relations in the region.

  7. Library Resource
    Reports & Research
    January, 2010
    Haiti

    This situational analysis of metropolitan Port-au-Prince gives in-depth background to the city’s condition in terms of urban development and planning. The report maps a way forward for future planning of the metropolitan area. It argues that the main stakeholder for any urban development intervention should be the state, and more precisely the municipalities. The municipalities in Port-au-Prince need support in planning and delivering basic services.

  8. Library Resource
    April, 2014
    El Salvador

    This study assesses the alignment of
    land use, land tenure, and land market outcomes in El
    Salvador with public policy aspirations in recent decades
    for efficient, inclusive, and environmentally sustainable
    development in both urban and rural spaces. In doing so the
    study indirectly gauges the effectiveness of land sector
    institutions in facilitating such developmental outcomes in
    agricultural production, urbanization, and forest

  9. Library Resource
    September, 2015
    Brazil

    This report on the assessment of land
    governance in Brazil summarizes and discusses the results of
    a series of standardized self-assessments of the land
    governance situation in Brazil, conducted entirely by
    Brazilian speakers. Therefore, these findings represent the
    perception of local experts based on their experience of
    news and data available. The main aim of this report are
    federal and state authorities directly involved in land

  10. Library Resource
    June, 2012
    Brazil

    The overarching theme of the book is
    development in a land of contrasts. There have been large
    economic, social, and political changes. The mass of society
    is far more expressive and politically involved today. In
    1945, the country had 7.4 million voters, about 11 percent
    of the population. Today it has 120 million voters, or 67
    percent of the population. The economy has been modernized,
    the capitalist ethos spread across regions, mass

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